Post by nzbc on Sept 28, 2023 13:40:48 GMT 12
When a Chinaman dies in a foreign land the first thought of his compatriots is to have Us body conveyed bacK to China, trom whose soil alone his spirit can ascend to the Happy Land. It is ono oi the principal cares of tb-i Celestial's existence to mvb up sufficient to return, to his own land, or, failing that, to take his body back after bis death if that event should occur abroad. A Chinaman, Willie Fon^ Koong, died at the Napier Hospital la.vfc week from t/be result of an accident, and his body ha.s been embalmed and placed in a lead shell for the voyage. The casket was shipped away by the steamer leaving Napier for Auckland on Saturday, and will be forwarded from New Zealand to Australia, and thence to Hong-Kong, at the earliest possible dato. The total cost of Willies voyage back to China is said to be in tho vicinity of £150.
WANGANUI CHRONICLE, VOLUME LXVI, ISSUE 17141, 19 NOVEMBER 1917,